geography
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Salomé Voegelin: “I understand sound, exactly because of its formless in-between nature”
Digicult has published a wonderful interview with Salomé Voegelin, conducted by Leandro Pisano, where they talk about several issues around Voegelin’s research ideas, specially her perspectives around the political possibility of sound, which is the central topic of her latest…
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Cities Unlocked, Sound-Based System for Guiding Blind People Through Cities
Cities Unlocked is a recent project that aims to use a “3D soundscape” system for helping people with sight loss navigate through cities. On a typical day, Jennifer Bottom makes her way around London with her guide dog in tow.…
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FoundSounds, New iOS App for Sharing Field Recordings
Developer David Jensenius has released a new iOS app called FoundSounds, aimed to work as a network of recordings from around the world. FoundSounds is a unique new mobile app blurring the line between a social network and a collaborative…
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The Sound That Circled the Earth Four Times
On 27 August 1883, the Earth let out a noise louder than any it has made since. It was 10:02 AM local time when the sound emerged from the island of Krakatoa, which sits between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia.…
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Sounds That Changed The Course Of History
Very nice post by David Hendy at Huffington Post: 10 sounds that changed the course of history. History always conjures up striking images for us – gory battlefield deaths, royal courts shadowed with intrigue, revolutionary violence and heroism, turbulent cityscapes,…
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optical sound
Each ‘light-to-sound generator’ consists of a base equipped with a rotating black cardboard, in which repetitive geographic designs and varying shapes are cut. The disk is activated by a motor. When it turns, the interplay of light with the turning…